Writinghttp://www.librarypoint.org/taxonomy/term/766/0
enJoys of Journal Writinghttp://www.librarypoint.org/joys_journal_writing
<div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/180">Virginia Johnson</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/40">Crafts and Hobbies</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/66">Self-Help and Instructional</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/69">Teacher Resources</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/14">Kids Homework Help</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/454">Diaries</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/765">Journals</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/766">Writing</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-field-featured-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/joys_journal_writing"><img src="http://www.librarypoint.org/sites/librarypoint.org/files/imagecache/diary1.jpg" alt="Joys of Journal Writing" title="Joys of Journal Writing" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The long hot days of summer are fast upon us, and with them there will be time for sports, time for camp, time to dream, and time to do. Time to start a diary or journal?</p>
<p>A journal can be written for only yourself, to write down the things that are important to you: lists of favorites (music, t.v., and movies), pictures of friends and family, and, of course, your innermost thoughts. Fun times deserve to be remembered, and sometimes writing about a bad situation can help you deal with it better as you think it through on paper. That kind of journal is personal, and you may not wish to share it with anyone.</p>
</div></div></div>Wed, 07 May 2014 15:18:18 +0000vjohnson2139 at http://www.librarypoint.orgCamp NaNoWriMohttp://www.librarypoint.org/camp_nanowrimo
<div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/211">Michele Brown</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/766">Writing</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/2584">Summer Reading Club</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/5791">Camp NaNoWriMo</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Camp NaNoWriMo:&nbsp; &ldquo;An Idyllic Retreat, Smack-Dab in the Middle of Your Hectic Life&rdquo;<br />
</div></div></div>Wed, 08 May 2013 19:05:45 +0000mbrown22888 at http://www.librarypoint.orgMagic Hours: Essays on Creators and Creation by Tom Bissellhttp://www.librarypoint.org/magic_hours_bissell
<div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/4085">Courtney McAllister</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/2757">Nonfiction</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/766">Writing</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/1285">Art</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/1337">Essays</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/5696">Popular Culture</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/28">LibraryPoint Blog</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/2671">Shelf Life Blog</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-field-blog-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="http://www.librarypoint.org/sites/librarypoint.org/files/imagecache/Magic%20Hours.jpg" alt="Magic Hours: Essays on Creators and Creation" title="Magic Hours: Essays on Creators and Creation" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Tom Bissell&#39;s&nbsp;<a href="http://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/item/show/619538072_magic_hours" target="_blank">Magic Hours: Essays on Creators and Creations</a>&nbsp;represents the best of what an essay collection can offer: incisive observations about a wide range of intriguing topics, intelligent social commentary that refrains from didacticism, and a good sense of comedic timing. Bissell&#39;s essays are characterized by impressive eclecticism. He discusses established cultural figures like Ernest Hemingway, David Foster Wallace, and Werner Herzog, as well as less conventional subjects, such as Tommy Wiseau (the auteur responsible for the cult film&nbsp;The Room), the Underground Literary Alliance, and Jennifer Hale, &ldquo;the Queen of Video-game Voice-over.&rdquo; While these topics might seem incurably disparate, Bissell&#39;s interest in the process and consequences of creation provides a framework which links them together.</p>
</div></div></div>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:31:04 +0000crrlcms21116 at http://www.librarypoint.orgHow Not to Write a Novel by Howard Mittlemark and Sandra Newmanhttp://www.librarypoint.org/how_not_to_write_a_novel_mittlemark
<div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/1566">John Gaines</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/2753">Crafts &amp; Hobbies</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/2757">Nonfiction</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/2755">Self-Help</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/308">Humor</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/766">Writing</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/1606">Creative writing</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/5692">books -- authorship</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/28">LibraryPoint Blog</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/2671">Shelf Life Blog</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/29">Reading Room Blog</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-field-blog-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="http://www.librarypoint.org/sites/librarypoint.org/files/imagecache/how_not_to_write_a_novel.jpg" alt="How Not to Write a Novel by Howard Mittlemark and Sandra Newman" title="How Not to Write a Novel by Howard Mittlemark and Sandra Newman" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Have you ever wanted to become a writer and brave the strange and confusing world of trying to sell your work to the publishing industry? Do you feel you might need a refresher course in creating a marketable thriller or romance novel?&nbsp; If you are curious about improving your writing technique to make your work more compelling, concise, or appealing to publishers, you may benefit from <a href="http://ipac.librarypoint.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=V3V6239K05130.55854&amp;profile=remote&amp;source=~!horizon&amp;view=subscriptionsummary&amp;uri=full=3100001~!519222~!1&amp;ri=2&amp;aspect=basic_search&amp;menu=search&amp;ipp=20&amp;spp=20&amp;staffonly=&amp;term=how+not+to+write+a+novel&amp;index=.TW&amp;uindex=&amp;aspect=basic_search&amp;menu=search&amp;ri=2"><em>How Not to Write a Novel</em></a>, a writing guide from Howard Mittlemark and Sandra Newman.&nbsp; This guide is a compilation of examples of common writing mistakes that can make novels confusing, boring, or unappealing to read.&nbsp; Humorous and well-organized, this book is both a great educational resource and a good comedic read.</p>
</div></div></div>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 13:42:18 +0000vjohnson21066 at http://www.librarypoint.orgChloe and the Lion by Mac Barnett and illustrated by Adam Rexhttp://www.librarypoint.org/chloe_and_the_lion_barnett
<div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/2804">Craig Graziano</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/2770">Animals</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/2775">Humor</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/2778">Picture Books</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/100">Friendship</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/766">Writing</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/5020">Teamwork</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/28">LibraryPoint Blog</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/2671">Shelf Life Blog</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/27">Book Buzz Blog</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/971">Kids Blog</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-field-blog-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="http://www.librarypoint.org/sites/librarypoint.org/files/imagecache/chloe_0.jpg" alt="Chloe and the Lion by Mac Barnett and illustrated by Adam Rex" title="Chloe and the Lion by Mac Barnett and illustrated by Adam Rex" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><em><a href="http://ipac.librarypoint.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=O342020S861O4.30028&amp;menu=search&amp;aspect=basic_search&amp;npp=10&amp;ipp=20&amp;spp=20&amp;profile=remote&amp;ri=&amp;index=.GW&amp;term=chloe+and+the+lion&amp;x=0&amp;y=0&amp;aspect=basic_search">Chloe and the Lion</a></em> is not about a young girl facing off with a ferocious feline, no matter what the title says. Sure, Chloe&#39;s present, saving up her nickels and dimes to ride the merry-go-round. She does, in fact, spin around that ride so many times that she gets dizzy and lost in the nearby woods. It is at that very point that Chloe <em>should</em> meet a lion. Instead, a large, ferocious, winged, burgundy dragon steps out.</p>
<p>Writing a picture book is hard work. You must have a solid story, likable characters, and the right choice of words. What&#39;s more, this delicate balance can be completely thrown out of whack by a maverick illustrator who thinks that &quot;a dragon would be cooler.&quot;</p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-blog-video field-type-file field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="file"><img class="file-icon" alt="" title="video/youtube" src="/modules/file/icons/video-x-generic.png" /> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-QLaSrYl1o" type="video/youtube; length=0">Chloe and the Lion</a></span></div></div></div>Thu, 26 Jul 2012 04:00:00 +0000cgraziano18996 at http://www.librarypoint.orgListening to the Page: Adventures in Reading and Writinghttp://www.librarypoint.org/listening_to_the_page
<div class="terms clearfix"><h3>Book Lists</h3><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/3620">A Sampling of Virginia Writers</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><h3>Keywords</h3><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/766">Writing</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/3625">Non-fiction by Virginia writers</a></li></ul></div>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:06:51 +0000vjohnson10388 at http://www.librarypoint.orgHeroes in the Libraryhttp://www.librarypoint.org/heroes_norma_fox_mazer
<div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/186">Christine Carlson</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/53">Literary/Classics</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/74">Authors</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/477">Heroes</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/766">Writing</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/2152">Norma Fox Mazer</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/2153">I Trissy</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/2154">personal growth</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/28">LibraryPoint Blog</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/30">unRequired Reading Blog</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/977">Teen Blog</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-field-blog-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="http://www.librarypoint.org/sites/librarypoint.org/files/imagecache/typewriter.jpg" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>It&rsquo;s one of life&rsquo;s ironies that you don&rsquo;t realize how much someone&rsquo;s impacted your life until they&rsquo;re gone. More specifically, you realize that you never told that person how much they meant. It isn&rsquo;t until they pass that you think, &ldquo;Oh! I wish I had said something!&rdquo; You think about how that person shaped who you are, in major or even subtle ways, and sometimes realize that you wouldn&rsquo;t be you if it weren&rsquo;t for that person&rsquo;s influence, guidance, or mere presence in your life. <br />
</div></div></div>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:39:49 +0000ccarlson6148 at http://www.librarypoint.orgR.I.P. William Safire: Lord of the Language Arts, 1929-2009http://www.librarypoint.org/william_safire
<div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/180">Virginia Johnson</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/35">Autobiography and Biography</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/48">Historical Fiction</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/60">Politics</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/68">Suspense and Thriller</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/341">English language</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/766">Writing</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/1381">Word origins (etymology)</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/1512">pulitzer prize</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/1513">presidential medal of freedom</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/28">LibraryPoint Blog</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/29">Reading Room Blog</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-field-blog-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="http://www.librarypoint.org/sites/librarypoint.org/files/imagecache/safire.jpg" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Mr. Safire had no college degree, yet he went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1978 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2006. Already in his forties when he joined the <em>NYT</em> staff, Safire had previously worked as a U.S. Army correspondant, as a publicist, and as a radio &amp; television producer. He also wrote speeches for Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew and was outraged to discover that Nixon's administration had been secretly taping his phone conversations.</div></div></div>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:42:54 +0000vjohnson4779 at http://www.librarypoint.orgJ.K. Rowling: The Wizard Behind Harry Potterhttp://www.librarypoint.org/jk_rowling_the_wizard_behind_harry_potter
<div class="terms clearfix"><h3>Book Lists</h3><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/1333">Wild About Harry Potter</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><h3>Keywords</h3><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/741">Fantasy</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/766">Writing</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/1135">Biography</a></li></ul></div>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:01:24 +0000vjohnson4110 at http://www.librarypoint.org